>Then we found out that they were dealers who were turning them around
for huge >profits.
>
>Now we have no money and no cars.
John your statement above is what worries me!
I do think I will advertise for a "car wanted" in a local publication. I
tried that on the web and got no local responses. The closest response
was about 1800 miles away.
Cheers,
.
Larry Hoy
1969 MGB Roadster
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On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 16:34:38 -0500 mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (JOHN
MCEWEN) writes:
>Hi Larry:
>
>The same thing is happening in Canada and we in Canada did the same
>thing to Americans in the Portland area.
>
>I have been buying cars at the Portland Swapmeet for over 20 years. I
>took them home to Alberta and sold many of them for very good profits to
>subsidize the cost of restoring and enjoying those I kept. Portland
>was a gold mine of rust free original cars going for dirt cheap prices.
No
>more! We (fellow hobbyists and I) bought them all.
>
>About 12 years ago, when our economy was in the doldrums due to low
>oil prices, a crew of "sharp" Easterners from Ontario came into Alberta
>and bought up all of lovely Portland cars. They paid what we thought
was
>crazy money for them and we laughed all the way to the bank. Then we
found
>out that they were dealers who were turning them around for huge
profits.
>Now we have no money and no cars.
>
>I suggest that you advertise in the local auto trader type magazines
>for what you want. Try Hemmings and other national publications. State
>what you want - specifically - and state your maximum price. See what
>happens. You might be surprised.
>
>John McEwen
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